Digital transformation is the adoption of digital technology by an organization. Common goals for its implementation are to improve efficiency, value or innovation.
Repurposed supply chains of the future must have resilience and responsibility at their heart COVID-19 has disrupted supply chains around the world. But they’ve also been a vital lifeline to support the response, keeping essential medical supplies, food and other key necessities flowing where they’re needed most. There’s no doubt that the pandemic has tested…
“My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.” The Red Queen, in “Through the Looking-Glass” by Lewis Carroll Introduction Industry experts assert that data is the new gold. Even more valuable than…
In this episode of “State of Readiness”, I welcome John Bicknell, CEO and Founder of More Cowbell Unlimited. John is a national security thought leader and passionate analytics visionary. He has written extensively on national security matters related to information warfare, critical infrastructure defense, and space situational awareness. And he founded More Cowbell Unlimited to…
Enter third-wave economics; How the pandemic reshaped the dismal science As part of his plan for socialism in the early 1970s, Salvador Allende created Project Cybersyn. The Chilean president’s idea was to offer bureaucrats unprecedented insight into the country’s economy. Managers would feed information from factories and fields into a central database. In an operations room…
Whether political turbulence, economic challenges, or biological threats, we live in a world that is increasingly less predictable and where volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) is the new norm. This has revealed vulnerabilities in the traditional business models and the manner in which organizations operate. Doing business as usual is no longer a viable…
